# Effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe

European Parliament procedure 2013/2112(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee EMPL). Stage: Procedure completed. 221 committee amendments tabled by 21 Members between 2013-10-14 and 2013-10-14.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on effective labour inspections as a strategy to improve working conditions in Europe. The amendments stress the role of labour inspection in protecting employees' rights, health and safety, and the staffing and funding of inspection systems; recitals address undeclared and undeclared work, subcontracting chains, bogus self-employment, social dumping, posting of workers, cross-border cooperation and whistleblower protection, noting labour inspection falls within Member State remit.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karima DELLI | France | Verts/ALE | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96868.md |
| Jutta STEINRUCK | Germany | S&D | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96831.md |
| Sari ESSAYAH | Finland | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96682.md |
| Philippe BOULLAND | France | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/105624.md |
| Ole CHRISTENSEN | Denmark | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28154.md |
| Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA | Poland | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96781.md |
| Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA | Poland | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96770.md |
| Phil BENNION | United Kingdom | RE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112014.md |
| Heinz K. BECKER | Austria | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107041.md |
| Thomas HÄNDEL | Germany | GUE/NGL | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96851.md |
| Georges BACH | Luxembourg | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97293.md |
| Csaba ŐRY | Hungary | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23819.md |
| Jelko KACIN | Slovenia | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23691.md |
| Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU | Cyprus | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97050.md |
| Konstantinos POUPAKIS | Greece | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96658.md |

## Official source documents

- PE521.490: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.490+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2112-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2112-INI.json

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